New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-17
SPARKS WHITE WITH RAGE
DENYING THAT HE WROTE TO HILL
TWO LETTERS SAID TO BE HELD By Mr.. STOKES
CRUEL STAB FOR CLEVELAND.

Two LETTERS SAID TO BE HELD By Mr.. sToKES-
CRUEL STAB FOR CLEVELAND.
WARRINGTON March l6.--As everybody In washington
Knows one the most amabe men and patient OF on"
cials Ia General Sparks the great land reformer Anu
yet the published assertion that he prefers Hi 70
land as the Democratic nominee and has go declared
himself his signature has aroused nerce "ns0
IN the sentle bosom Of Sparks.
"The statement Is unqualedy false and made out OF
whole CLOTH" he SAID to one reporter to-day 10
another he said "1here is no truth In IL.
Absolutely II 10 most outrageous lie party oi
men-Hurd, Wood. California lawyer, ana Machay-
tried 10 make me pay fraudulent claim and this thing
grew out OF it. There is some truth In tho part oi o
story about the claim but that has been decided oy inc
proper authority These people submitted the question
to tho Attorney General while was absent from te Guy
in Chicago think-snd he sent it to Solicitor JehRs
who decided that tho offices OF Controller mhsr r
Durham is the author Of the letters from ne @ NO
I asSs to he position Re a
once. The relations existing between MI Bn
s sir a anq the %''e commissioner excited
the story about nv letters Is all e an Outrageous '
The General challenges the production and publ
cation Of any letters written ~ nm a sad newer
such letters. never saw Governor HILL never re
Sones stokes who is said to have Of the
alleged letters will make them public and no declares
that he them to be forgeres they are Oh 'ae
The story is that two letters written by General
Sparks is asserted that they were addressed to
letters had been addressed by Sparks 70 piomnent
O'Bren was mentioned The correspondent OF re
Chicago Nescs. who wrote the story which "deherai
Sparks denounces rs false. said:
Ny friend these two letters We're IN the nanas
Of Stokes the Tor Of S ns for Snon Nc
ssS also ai Frank The rnt
s1 9s% s sSsqi !hf%
in this city such letters we're ia
nd hat
pert Whether they were addressed to Governor avn h y.
s ssi or not 70 assist s1
the o
ence Of The documents Mr. Hura was very m
aS S he R he
!.
"a him va,
published s,S SE usod quarter sSne o. other
i nSa x sSI1s1i will not but Which
sr thai he dS nS in ' s H. rs IL Mr.
Washinon the subject and s
IL taken n%ra wie Win h'i 2H IN the
sssS ad ns ss
to se snsious that nothing be about them \, the
rS 10 socssT WHY sSs ua
they shUu pS Re ans Of sSn
cisco that John Mackay that bank and As sycsy
S %sns IN s 's spd
s ore the ssr Of
or So Mr. Hurd attorney the prosecution oi tat
CLAIM Stokes Mr.. Mackays end and looks allei MS
interests with commendabe zeal and hdenty
The states that the claim originated In
the purchase by the Nevada Bank OF large amount OF
certificates issued account of the survey OF public
lands in California Arizona and other states and Terri
tories that the claim allowed by Controller Dur
ham, but was disapproved by Commissioner Sparks who
refused TO certify i to the Treasury even wen
was that Controller Durham had no oppormnltty
refused to forward them. The refusal pro,
yoKed q controversy which thus far has resulted
in Sparkss favor he has been compelled TO certify
and forward papers The real question: however is:
Has General Sparks written two or more letters IN
favor of the nomination of David b. Hill for the Presi-
dencyi" The "General" explicitly states that he has
written no such letter TO Governor HILL Or one thihg
there can be no question David T. Hill Is Democrat
after Sparsss heart and Grover Cleveland Is not
arch a Damocrat.